Beard, Mary Ritter
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1876 August 05-1958 August 14 - 1958-08-14
Biography
Occupations: Historian; Archivist; Women's rights activist.
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Florence Rose papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00134
Abstract
Public relations specialist; executive secretary; Director, Meals for Millions; birth control activist; and lobbyist. Major subjects reflected in the Rose papers include the birth control movement in the U.S., relations between African-Americans and Planned Parenthood, the politics of American hunger relief and prevention efforts in developing countries, and the life and legacy of Margaret Sanger. Individuals represented in the papers include Margaret Sanger, Pearl S. Buck, Havelock Ellis,...
Dates of Materials:
1832 - 1970; Majority of material found within 1920-1969
Josephine Schain papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00139
Abstract
Settlement house worker, suffragist, pacifist, and international relations specialist. Papers focus primarily on Schain's involvement in a host of women's organizations, the purpose of which was advocacy of international peace through cooperative enterprise among nations. Types of material include radio broadcasts scripts, speeches, photographs, articles, and other writings. Notable correspondents include Margaret Corbett Ashby, Mary Ritter Beard, Carrie Chapman Catt (extensive), Newton...
Dates of Materials:
1907 - 1960
Margery Wells Steer papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00180
Abstract
Margery Wells Steer was a journalist and pacifist. Material includes correspondence with women's historian Mary Beard, with editors of Soviet Woman journal, and with Soviet women professors. Writings include her column, Peace and the People, published books, articles for Soviet Women, and a typescript of The Weight of a Snowflake. Other correspondents include her publisher, readers, and editor, as well as William Beard and Irma Drodina,...
Dates of Materials:
1938 - 1992
Mary Ritter Beard papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00013
Abstract
Historian, archivist, and women's rights activist. The Mary Ritter Beard papers primarily document the organization and dissolution of the World Center for Women's Archives, which Beard founded, as well as the founding of both the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College and the Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe College, both women's history archives. Materials include correspondence, writings, photographs, and books. Correspondents include Dorothy Brush; Ethel Weed; prominent Japanese...
Dates of Materials:
1915 - 1977
Mary van Kleeck papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00165
Abstract
Social reformer, Lecturer, Social researcher, Writer, Social worker. Papers include correspondence, biographical material, clippings, speeches, writings, research notes, subject and organization files, primarily from van Kleeck's professional life. There is a significant amount of material relating to Smith College, her work in social and charitable agencies such as ACLU, National Woman's Party, Bryn Mawr Summer School for Student Workers, Hospites (a refugee rescue organization), the...
Dates of Materials:
1883-1972
Nancy Cox-McCormack Cushman papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00040
Abstract
Sculptor, author, and traveler. This collection documents Cushman's professional life, artistic works, and her wide social network, particularly in Chicago in the 1910's and Europe in the 1920's. The subjects of Cushman's sculptures include Benito Mussolini, Ezra Pound, Italian architect Giacomo Boni, Spanish dictator Primo de Rivera, Mohandas K. Ghandi, Clarence Darrow, and Jane Addams. All are represented to some extent in the collection as are other notables such as Stephen Vincent Benét,...
Dates of Materials:
1906-2000
- Smith College Special Collections
- Neilson Library, 7 Neilson Drive
- Northampton, Massachusetts, 01063
- specialcollections@smith.edu
- 413-585-2970
Smith College | Smith College Libraries | Smith College Special Collections | Staff Interface | ArchivesSpace.org
Text and metadata are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.